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Red Bull’s Craziest and Unmissable Moments of Dakar Rally 2025 – Sand, Sky, Rocks, And More!

If you missed any of our previous Dakar Rally coverage, you can use the link below to check the daily highlight videos out to see what you missed. As usual with Dakar in Saudi Arabia, there is a LOT...

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Sick Week Day 2 Video – Windshield IMPLODED at 223MPH, Big Block Tesla, More Speed, More Carnage, More, More, MORE!

It’s amazing what can happen to a car on a drag and drive like Sick Week. Both on track and on the road, there are constantly going to be breakdown, carnage, and ones that just make you scratch...

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30 Minutes to Fix This or They Are OUT of Competition😵‍💫 Sick Week 2025 | Day 2 For Alex Taylor Racing Was Exciting!

If you want to follow along on the adventures of Alex Taylor Racing during Sick Week 2025, we got you! Here’s Day 2 video from Alex and the crew as they got an even more drama filled day than the...

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MASSIVE CHANGES! THIS IS WHAT PREPARING BLASPHEMI FOR SICK WEEK 2025 LOOKS LIKE!

Here we go! While Sick Week has started, there are a lot of great videos coming out from everyone’s planning and preparation, and none is more ambitious than Finnegan and a pretty big bunch of...

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This 1957 Hillman Is A Bad Ass Little Ride That Will SLAP You In The Face When You Open The Hood!

I love little cars like this 1957 Hillman. The cars that came out of Great Britain weren’t powerhouses, but they sure had a cool look to them. Whether you are talking about a Hillman, a Morris...

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Are All Motor Oils The Same? Project Farm Tests Diesel vs Car vs Aviation vs Marine vs Motorcycle Oils To See If There Is A Difference.

If you are a regular around here, you know that we love to share oil tech and often feature videos from our friend Lake Speed Jr. who has a YouTube channel called MotorOilGeek. His videos and tech...

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1974 Duster Walkaround with Steve Magnante: One Of Plymouth’s Coolest Muscle Cars Could Be Yours

As many of you know, our friend Steve Magnante nearly died from a brain infection he got last year, but has been making big improvements over the past few months. We would have loved seeing Steve...

BC Video: The 1982 Toyota Cressida Shows Us Life Before The Camry – It Was Another Hit For Toyota

When the “foreign invasion” of cars really kicked off in earnest, we all know what Detroit did. They ignored it. Eventually they simply gave up the ground of economy and compact cars...

Boosts Of Burden: This Video Profiles 10 Of The Coolest, Weirdest, and Most Interesting Boosted Race Engines Ever

This is an interesting collection of boosted engines. Before you drag racers out there get your dander up about not seeing a fuel engine in this collection, just know it’s mostly road racing...

Goofy Fun: Check Out The Destruction Of The Easy Evans Used Car Lot At The Houston Astrodome

Sometimes it’s about having fun, right? When you flip on the tube or click on a YouTube link, you want to be entertained. This is one of the best examples of the magic of Brock Yates and Steve...

Historic Gearhead Americana: Packard Car Haulers, Army Trucks, Big Rigs, Turn of The Century Car Shows, and More!

(Photos from Detroit Public Library Digital Archive) – I know some pretty tough people but I’m not sure even the modern toughies I know would thrive in the harsh realities of the world...

Chrome Pot Metal Step by Step Restoration. Can It Be Done, Or Is Pot Metal Not Able To Be Re-Chromed?

One of the more frustrating parts of restoring a car or truck can be the trim parts. Stainless trim can be difficult to straighten and polish, plastic parts take a whole different set of skills, and...

Check Out Our Long Lost Chicago Auto Show Photos From Earlier This Year! Jim Hrody Got The Goods!

(Words and Photos by Jim Hrody) After going up and down in size a few times in the past few years, the 2024 Chicago Auto Show returned to a single hall at McCormick Place. Corporate support was...

We’ve Got Even More Bonneville Speed Week 2024 Photos! Seriously, Nobody Shares More Bonneville Coverage Than We Do!

Check out the latest gallery from our time at Bonneville below, and don’t forget that you can click on any photo to make it larger and to scroll through the entire slideshow. And if you...

Ryan’s Squarebody C10 Project: How To Restore Interior Plastics- Saving Money Never Looked So Good

Whether you are building a classic truck as something custom, or are restoring it to factory, there are always going to be some stock parts that are going to be needed. Door handles, knobs, dash...

Bello’s Kustoms Latest Project Is A Cool 1939 Lincoln Zephyr That Is Going To Be Made Into A Fun Driver. The First Step Is To The Teardown.

Bello and the crew are back at it again, with another cool project that will be a bitchin hot rod and great driver. Bello builds cars and trucks that are pretty traditional looking customs, but that...

The Capable Sloth: This Review Of The 1994 Land Rover Discovery Is Heavy On Praise And Glossy Over Shortcomings

Back in the 1994 Land Rover was still a fully British concern and the name had some real cache here in the USA. They had the hardcore Defender which was expensive and designed to be lacking in frills...

Is There A Correct Way To Enjoy Hot Rods? Everyone Seems To Have An Opinion On How We Should Use Them, But Who Is Right?

It’s not a question many people ask, but the truth is that every hot rod owner seems to have an opinion and feels the need to share it whether they were asked or not. I laugh all the time at...

Gearhead Americana: Another Great Load Of Vintage Gas Station Photos From Decades Past – So Cool

Being that this is Labor Day weekend and I’m in a nostalgia mood,  I decided to crank up the way back machine again and show you another load of photos that feature cool old stations from...

Gap Jumper: Watch The Spark From An MSD ProMag 44 Clear 2-inches Of Distance And Even Beat The Wind

Of all the ridiculous parts of a top fuel dragster, the ignition is right there at the top. With massive fuel volumes cursing through the engine, the spark plugs are working in an environment where...